Pfizer, Moderna vaccines coming as supply stabilizes Romualdez By ERWIN COLCOL, GMA News
Published April 11, 2021 8:52am Pfizer and Moderna have told the Philippines that they will be able to deliver their COVID-19 vaccines to the country not too far away from now, Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez said Sunday. In a Dobol B TV interview, Romualdez expressed confidence that the Philippines will start receiving the vaccines manufactured by these American brands once the supply stabilizes. He pointed out that by May this year, the US will be able to complete its supply of vaccines for all its citizens, which means that the succeeding productions will be for export already.
By ERWIN COLCOL, GMA News
Published April 11, 2021 9:37am
Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez expects more US vessels to arrive in South China Sea. In a Dobol B TV interview, Romualdez said US vessels are being deployed in the disputed waters to uphold freedom of navigation. US freedom of navigation operations ay tuluy-tuloy yan (will continue). They ve been increasing it in the past several months . precisely to protect the seaway there, he said. Freedom of navigation [means], any vessel can pass through there without any harassment or any stop from any country, he added.
Is a South China Sea War Coming Soon?
The Philippines and China have been feuding over a fleet of more than two hundred Chinese ships parked in the South China Sea. The Philippines’ government has asked China to withdraw the ships, which it says are “encroaching upon its territorial waters in the South China Sea.” The Philippines government says the ships, while they appear to be fishing boats, are actually operated by China s maritime militia
The Philippines and China have been feuding over a fleet of more than two hundred Chinese ships parked in the South China Sea. The Philippines’ government has asked China to withdraw the ships, which it says are “encroaching upon its territorial waters in the South China Sea.” The Philippines government says the ships, while they appear to be fishing boats, are actually operated by China s maritime militia.
By ERWIN COLCOL, GMA News
Published April 1, 2021 4:05pm Boxing champ turned politician Senator Manny Pacquiao has a message to those involved in the recent attacks against Asians in the United States: Fight me instead. Pacquiao on Thursday tweeted four photos with the message: Stop attacking Asians who can t defend themselves. Fight me instead. The message was written in English as well as in three Asian languages: Filipino, Chinese, and Korean. We have one color in our Blood! Stop discriminating. LOVE AND PEACE TO EVERYONE!! #StopAsianHate, Pacquiao also said in his tweet. Pacquiao issued the message following the shootings in three different spas in Georgia, United States, where eight people, six of whom were Asian women, were killed.